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I agree that this is still a hypothesis, which has not yet been peer reviewed and certainly should not be automatically accepted as correct. However I find it is a logically sound new hypothesis. It is different from any current hypothesis on the pathophysiology of preeclampsia, but this isn't an argument against it. If you automatically assume a new hypothesis to be wrong, we would still think all stomach ulcers are caused by stress instead of H. pylori. We might even think the earth is flat...

Interesting article! I don't understand the physiology as well as some, but I don't think the author's hypothesis matches with the current research. Note also that no actual research has been done on positioning, and especially note at the bottom that this article has not been peer reviewed.

Avoiding sleeping flat on your back and sleeping on your left side as much as possible is already common advice in pregnancy http://www.babycenter.com/404_whats-the ... cy_7608.bcso my completely not-a-doc guess is that the author's hypothesis is probably incorrect - or at least incomplete.

I don't mean to be so negative , this is an interesting article, I just have read a lot more articles that have different conclusions and have more research support! We love reading around here! If you'd like to read more about the biology of preeclampsia I'd recommend starting with